Louisville Gets Shout Out In Stranger Things Finale
**No spoilers**
For those of you in the Upside Down with “Stranger Things” Season 5, you may have noticed Louisville got a shout out. Sure that’s kinda cool, but most fans weren’t noticing the shout out so much as the pronunciation of “Louisville!”
In fact, for those that know, that was all they could focus on!
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Stranger Things gotta make sure they pronounce Louisville correctly
— SkyWalker (@WalkerGotRange) January 1, 2026
So grateful to have been in a Kentucky movie theater for the Stranger Things finale when Jonathan said Louisville even though the pronunciation was incorrect pic.twitter.com/fApyARe3Cf
— Jordan Hensley (@JordanWritesKY) January 1, 2026
In the Stranger Things finale they pronounced Louisville wrong. That’s how I know they aren’t real Southern Hoosiers
— #1DAVIDTENNANTSTANデビッドテナント (@ikaguraRED) January 1, 2026
Oof, mispronounced Louisville, so Stranger Things finale gets an automatic D- from me
— Daniel Rothenberg (@danrothenberg) January 1, 2026
We don’t really care, we’re just wondering how they thought Louisville was a neutral city between Hawkins and Massachusetts? LOL
What was your favorite moment in Stranger Things? The episode, which aired on December 31, 2025, concluded the long-running story with high-stakes action and emotional closure for core characters, but left some fans feeling unsatisfied with certain aspects of the finale (like the pronunciation of Louisville)!